
Commando Cooking
Commando Cooking
40 x 30
2007 / #11
The second in my “Commando” series of images, Commando Cooking was inspired by my sister-in-law. My brother, her husband, is an avid collector of things that go boom. She is an ardent “make it from scratch” kind of cook. The title was her creation after having seen the Commando Cleaning painting, which also happens to apply to how she cleans house.
There are no real deep thoughts in this piece, just as many references to hard core cooking that I could dream up at the time. Like most of my pieces, I look back and come up with lots more ideas that should have been added in but they will just have to appear someplace else. The third of the series will be Commando Cold and Flu due up on the easel at some point in the future.
From the bagel guillotine to the tenderizing hammer, a kitchen really can be a very dangerous place! Nobody in my house ever starves, but if I can’t make a meal in 30 minutes or less, we make reservations. When it comes to Thanksgiving, I make a point to thank those people who put all those cut up veggies into a bag for the microwave and the guy who pushes the button to dry out the boxed stuffing so all I add is water. My family knows that if a recipe has too many ingredients, I won’t make it. Sort of like a comic strip with too many words, I won’t read those either. It is a comic for gosh sakes, it is supposed to be about the pictures. Same with food, if it has too many parts changing the flavor, what is the point of eating that food in the first place? But I digress….just enjoy finding your way around the kitchen, and don’t let the cat out of the bag!
40 x 30
2007 / #11
The second in my “Commando” series of images, Commando Cooking was inspired by my sister-in-law. My brother, her husband, is an avid collector of things that go boom. She is an ardent “make it from scratch” kind of cook. The title was her creation after having seen the Commando Cleaning painting, which also happens to apply to how she cleans house.
There are no real deep thoughts in this piece, just as many references to hard core cooking that I could dream up at the time. Like most of my pieces, I look back and come up with lots more ideas that should have been added in but they will just have to appear someplace else. The third of the series will be Commando Cold and Flu due up on the easel at some point in the future.
From the bagel guillotine to the tenderizing hammer, a kitchen really can be a very dangerous place! Nobody in my house ever starves, but if I can’t make a meal in 30 minutes or less, we make reservations. When it comes to Thanksgiving, I make a point to thank those people who put all those cut up veggies into a bag for the microwave and the guy who pushes the button to dry out the boxed stuffing so all I add is water. My family knows that if a recipe has too many ingredients, I won’t make it. Sort of like a comic strip with too many words, I won’t read those either. It is a comic for gosh sakes, it is supposed to be about the pictures. Same with food, if it has too many parts changing the flavor, what is the point of eating that food in the first place? But I digress….just enjoy finding your way around the kitchen, and don’t let the cat out of the bag!